A three-storey building located at No. 6 Olonode Street,
Ebute Metta in Lagos state, partially collapsed today May 25. Thankfully no
life was lost and no one was injured in the incident.
Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency,
LASEMA Response team led by the Director-General/CEO, Dr. Olufemi
Oke-Osanyintolu, arrived at the scene of the incident and discovered that the
building was old and distressed and that the reinforcement of the building were
corroded, resulting in visible cracks on the walls and pillars due to lack of
maintenance.
All the occupants of the building were evacuated and the
entire building cordoned off to prevent any secondary incident.
Further investigations and integrity tests were carried
out by LASEMA and LASBCA and the building was revealed to be completely
compromised. Following a directive from the Honorable Commissioner, Ministry of
Physical Planning, and subsequent to a complete evacuation of residents, the
entire building was leveled to ground zero in a swift and effective operation.
Occupants in adjacent buildings have been advised to carry
out integrity tests to ascertain whether their buildings have been compromised
to prevent any secondary incident.
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